But, I just got the article today in my email:
https://www.americanhunter.org/artic..._campaign=0817
I would have liked to title the thread, "FUCKIN' REALLY?!?!?!?" The article it seemed to me would be a sarcastic approach to what we don't know about the 30-06...that is until you read it. Instead the author makes every reason NOT to buy and enjoy one. Including the "bad uncle". Now that is a full-time, life-bearing solid reason to not buy a 30-06...you had a bad uncle.
While not a particular 30-06 fan in what I do, long range shooting, it's not because the round doesn't have merit. It does. It's just that we've moved past it scientifically for long range shooting. And, until we get manufacturers to make bullets that are comparable to what we shoot in 6.5 and 7mm (.277 for that reason too) out to distances, it will remain that way.
A caliber is nothing more than a diameter. A bullet is nothing more than a formed weight inside that diameter. The weight of the bullet in that caliber allows it to be massaged into a form that is much more efficient in the air (see: Josh Kunz, PVA, known here as Bohem), giving it a better BC. A larger diameter allows us to use more weight in the bullet improving BC. For as some people know, BC is made up of the two things I just mentioned, form and weight. To reach really far, you have to have enough weight and form. Also, the form has to be such that the bullet doesn't go unstable at any point in it's flight, particularly the transonic range. Therefore, twist and shape of lands/grooves in the barrel are important too. But, all this is attuned to bullets intended to be shot farther than the average bullet. Simple long range shooting, not hunting.
A cartridge, i.e. 30-06 is how much go power you put behind the bullet when you send it. Less cartridge, less total push. Higher pressures, more recoil. Higher bullet weight, more recoil. More weapon weight, more recoil absorbed. Most of that is mitigated unless you go to extremes. Packin' a heavy barrel is not necessary. Packin' a half pound more and absorbing a tad more recoil isn't going to matter if you don't sit there and pound yourself at the bench getting it sighted in the day before..
Getting back to the article, it's a stupid diatribe of how not understanding ballistics and recoil and a bad uncle keeps us from shooting the most standardized cartridge in America.
https://www.americanhunter.org/artic..._campaign=0817
I would have liked to title the thread, "FUCKIN' REALLY?!?!?!?" The article it seemed to me would be a sarcastic approach to what we don't know about the 30-06...that is until you read it. Instead the author makes every reason NOT to buy and enjoy one. Including the "bad uncle". Now that is a full-time, life-bearing solid reason to not buy a 30-06...you had a bad uncle.
While not a particular 30-06 fan in what I do, long range shooting, it's not because the round doesn't have merit. It does. It's just that we've moved past it scientifically for long range shooting. And, until we get manufacturers to make bullets that are comparable to what we shoot in 6.5 and 7mm (.277 for that reason too) out to distances, it will remain that way.
A caliber is nothing more than a diameter. A bullet is nothing more than a formed weight inside that diameter. The weight of the bullet in that caliber allows it to be massaged into a form that is much more efficient in the air (see: Josh Kunz, PVA, known here as Bohem), giving it a better BC. A larger diameter allows us to use more weight in the bullet improving BC. For as some people know, BC is made up of the two things I just mentioned, form and weight. To reach really far, you have to have enough weight and form. Also, the form has to be such that the bullet doesn't go unstable at any point in it's flight, particularly the transonic range. Therefore, twist and shape of lands/grooves in the barrel are important too. But, all this is attuned to bullets intended to be shot farther than the average bullet. Simple long range shooting, not hunting.
A cartridge, i.e. 30-06 is how much go power you put behind the bullet when you send it. Less cartridge, less total push. Higher pressures, more recoil. Higher bullet weight, more recoil. More weapon weight, more recoil absorbed. Most of that is mitigated unless you go to extremes. Packin' a heavy barrel is not necessary. Packin' a half pound more and absorbing a tad more recoil isn't going to matter if you don't sit there and pound yourself at the bench getting it sighted in the day before..
Getting back to the article, it's a stupid diatribe of how not understanding ballistics and recoil and a bad uncle keeps us from shooting the most standardized cartridge in America.
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